zꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

Noun

zAZ1
 

 m

  1. son [since the Pyramid texts]
    • The Stela of Inhuretnakht, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities 1783:
      ir
      t      		 n&n&f zA
      f      		 mrA19i i
      f      		 d
      b i
      jrt.n n.f zꜣ.f smsw.f mr(j).f dbj
      What his eldest beloved son Debi made for him.
  2. (rare) male child of an animal [18th dynasty]
  3. the succeeding decan after some decan
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Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲥⲓ (si)
  • Akkadian: -sija- in [script needed] (har-sija-ēšu, “Horus, son of Isis”)
  • Ancient Greek: -σι- in Αρσιησις (Arsiēsis, “Horus, son of Isis”)
  • Ancient Greek: Σι- in Σισρω (Sisrō, “the thirtieth decan”)
  • Ancient Greek: Σι- in Σισεσμε (Sisesme, “the twenty-fourth decan”)
  • Ancient Greek: Σι- in Σικετ (Siket, “the second decan”)

Etymology 2

Noun

V16

 m

  1. protection [since the Pyramid Texts]
  2. a magic spell
  3. an amulet
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Etymology 3

Noun

G39N21

 m

  1. a measure of area equivalent to one eighth of a sṯꜣt (“arura”) (about 345 square metres).
  2. (Late Period, in the direct genitive construction
    G39N21
    Z1    		 AHN21
    Z1
    (sṯꜣt-ꜣḥt)    ) Abbreviation of sṯꜣt (“arura”).
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Etymology 4

Noun

zAZ1I14

 m

  1. (medicine) a product of an inflammation
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Etymology 5

Noun

zAZ1F51

 m

  1. (medicine) a type of ulcer
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Etymology 6

Proper noun

zA
N36

 m

  1. a god who personifies a certain body of water [Late Period]

Etymology 7

Verb

z
zA		 A

  1. (transitive) to fend off [Pyramid Texts]

Etymology 8

Verb

z
zA		 AD54

  1. perfective of zꜣj
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Etymology 9

Noun

V17

 m

  1. the object depicted in the hieroglyph, a type of shepherd’s mat
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Etymology 10

Noun

V17A1
Z2

 m

  1. guard
  2. troop of soldiers
  3. a association of people in some particular occupation
  4. group, division; rendered as φυλή (phulḗ) in Greek
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Etymology 11

Noun

V16

 m

  1. Used in reference to cattle. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. A herd
    2. A barrier
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Etymology 12

Noun

V16

 m

  1. a title of some kind [18th dynasty]
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Etymology 13

Noun

V16N21 N23
Z2

 m

  1. a type of field
Inflection

Etymology 14

Noun

V16
Z1

 m

  1. The object depicted in the hieroglyph
    V16
    . The meaning of this term is uncertain.
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Etymology 15

Verb

V16A

  1. perfective of zꜣw (“to greet, watch for”)
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References

  1. ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13, 56
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